When you had a newborn, did you spend a lot?

[Sparksi]

Just that really

We’ve had an expensive month trying to make the most of doing things before baby arrives, going out for breakfasts and dinner and such.

Baby has absolutely everything they need and I’m well stocked up for that. Hoping to breastfeed. My sister has kindly batch cooked us two weeks worth of evening meals, so no cost or effort there for a bit.

Is it expensive in the early days of having a newborn? I was hoping that we’ll save a bit of money at least until DH returns to work.

As per PP, I bought a shitload of stuff I did not need on Amazon at 3am so don’t be like me 🤣 I also spent a lot on petrol and coffee because we live rurally and I completely believed the people who say you need to get out with the baby every day. Once I realised that was not true for me and stayed home more it was much cheaper (and I was much happier!)

I'd bought all newborn and upwards size clothing but baby was absolutely tiny so I needed to buy loads of new clothes!

Spending actually decreased for me.
Didn't go out for meals, drinks etc when DD was a newborn. I stopped buying skincare because to be honest I just wasn't keeping on top of it. Travel also went down. No baby classes for the first 5 months. I was basically a hermit 😂 Food shop went up slightly at about month 2 because I was going to the Sainsbury's local rather than the supermarket 30 mins away for convenience but got that sorted pretty quick. When DD grew out of her clothes I sold them on vinted and bought second hand ones or did exchanges so saved a lot of money there. Nappies are expensive, but Amazon so a good subscribe and save options. At about 5 months I started going to baby classes, I do a music class which is 13.50 a term (so 10 classes) - hardly a huge expense and has been a life saver for me. We make good use of the library for books, but I have also bought DD some of her own.

A big expense was that my pushchair broke so I needed to buy a new one. It was just one of those unexpected things.

Even if you have everything prepared be prepared to need a few extra things. Stuff I bought last minute during the first few months: Calpol, bottle and teet (I breastfed but this was needed for medicine), colic drops, teething powder, sudocrem, saline drops, feeding spoon and plate, teething/weaning chews (the one you put food in), a few pouches of baby food, anti slip socks, a £10 bouncy chair from Amazon, antislip mat for the bath, sunhat and baby suncream/wooly hat.

It depends we spent a lot on trips to the shop for snacks and drinks. This served two purposes,
it was a short walk out that I could manage and the snacks powered us through exhaustion

My DS was a baby a long time ago! Having a newborn then wasn't expensive. I breastfed but I had some formula and bottles just in case and nappies. Laundry detergent and sensitive baby wash.

He grew so quickly though I was soon buying the next size up. Even with not buying too much we had so much stuff!

Well I was put every week day and we were both out on weekends with our baby I went to drop in baby classes so hardly any layout there but they were for me to meet people not the baby

So I/we spent shopping, cafes and entrances to whatever type spending